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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zeuner, Rainald A

Titel

One Foot Away

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2002-11, Vol.347 (22), p.1805-1805

Ort / Verlag

United States: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To the Editor: The patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and tuberculosis described in the Clinical Problem-Solving article by Haberer et al. (May 2 issue) 1 could have been identified as being at high risk for reactivation of tuberculosis before the initiation of immunosuppressive therapy. Isoniazid prophylaxis has been reported to be effective and safe in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and might have been considered when the immunosuppressive therapy was started. 2 , 3 This case underscores the importance of assessing the risk of infectious complications in immunocompromised patients.